"CBJ: Eastern Europe and Turkey: BRIC Wannabes
In 2003, the Goldman Sachs Global Economics Department predicted that the economic and geopolitical influence of Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC countries) would become increasingly visible in the developed world and even dominate it by 2050.
BRIC nations have surpassed expectations. The original Goldman Sachs analysis projected the four economies would comprise over 10 percent of the global output by the end of the decade. A year and a half early, they comprise nearly 13 percent. "
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